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and that is why it's going to be the most impactful super bowl bid and super bowl nfl this nation has ever seen. with that i'm going to turn it over to mayor lee. >> good morning. daniel, thank you again for your wonderful leadership for aheading up our bay area super bowl committee. i remember the first time we talked about what it was and what the 9ers meant to us and i want to thank you and the whole franchise for continue to go work and the wonderful legacy the 9ers has. just the last couple of days i have to admit that some of us were kind of looking very disappointed about
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the events regarding the blue angels and it remind us how important this is and events like the blue angels and that we can't do without because if they decide they can be here for any reason, there is real heavy breathing that goes on and that's something i felt. that means i'm enthusiastic about the americas cup and i'm absolutely thrilled and enthusiastic about our super bowl bid. it's bringing all the elements of our city together, the neighborhood, fan base and has that wonderful
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event. i have had a chance to relive the excitement of the super bowl and if i told steve young, i paced five yards in my office all day long and at home to relive this past super bowl. that just reflects the excitement that we have with the super bowl bid. now today, it's my privilege to co-announce with everyone here two people that are additional firepower to our super bowl bid committee. george seefrd and steve young, they really don't need an introduction but i love to talk about them to the 9ers.
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steve brought us his legacy. during this time, the 49ers earned the best team in the nation and continues with that legend so coach, thank you for bringing your winning record and wonderful great name to help us win another super bowl bid for super bowl 50 or 51 for the bay area. and coach seefrd's partner in 1999 was the famous quarterback steve young who through a record 6 touchdown passes during that game and became the first player to lead in super bowl rushing and passing. thank you for your support and leadership and lending your bid for this bay area support of this effort to bringing it all the way to
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the end zone. you know, george and steve and jed, we all know there is no better place in america to host the super bowl for 50 and 51 than the bay area. the game to be played in santa clara, we know that every hotel and restaurant between here and san jose will be filled and the entire region will benefit tremendously from this super bowl. that's why we have everyone from our entire departments from city administrators and super works to make sure we host a great event for the whole entire area. an i know that once we host this first super bowl, once we win it and host it that we'll be in the rotation for
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future super bowls as well. we have the hotels, hospital, transportation network, the businesses, the support to do this right and do this well. i want to just again, thank daniel, thank the entire super bowl bid committee and welcome in george and steve to join jed and daniel and all of us in making sure we persuade the nfl in may, that we have earned the right to host super bowl 50. thank you. [ applause ] >> as you know we have the draft coming up and for our super bowl committee team. we created to get the two top guys in the draft. we have them now, coach seefrd and steve young. it's important to echo what
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mayor lee said about bringing everything together. that's what sports is about, that's what sports does for a community. we've been working tirelessly to build a state of the art state -- stadium that embodies california from a technological standpoint. this is one that i'm most proud of. tht the first league national football team. for our home games we'll be powered completely by the sun. no one else can say that in professional sports in this country. that's something that highlights what we are trying to do and what we are trying to show what sports can be, not just for the community, but a beacon for what we should be striving for everyday of our life from a technological
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standpoint and stability. we are head of construction and we are moving forward and we can't wait to play game in 2014 and very much looking forward to playing a super bowl and getting ourselves in the rotation. we love the bay area and we want to show everybody else in the world that this is the greatest place to host the greatest game in the world. i would like to introduce coach seefrd and thank him and george for being a part of this. [ applause ] . >> thank you, mayor and dan, jed. i'm obviously proud and excited to be part of this committee that will attempt to bring the 50th super bowl to the san francisco bay area. it was i believe in 1967 that the first super bowl was played in los angeles, california. it seems only fitting now that the
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nfl bring the 50th super bowl to northern california in the san francisco bay area. san francisco and the area over the years has hosted successfully many nfc championship games of super bowl stanford in 1985. i thought it was 95 and most recently the world series games. we have so much to offer. we have an awesome stadium and the attractiveness in the city itself and from the wine country to the north to caramel to the south, it's a great venue to host the game. i'm familiar with one of the two areas in particular more than the other, the north. and at any rate, we have a tremendous tradition going back to the days of keys ar and our
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great football players and we have the back fields where everybody is in the hall of family, henry johnson, joe perry, i'm sure you remember all of them. now we have the great players part of our tradition. we are happy to offer a great event venue and steve young is here and he's the reason we've been able to win so many games and win the super bowl. what year was that? 1995. thank you very much. >> thanks, george. it's always to get reunited with him to see him. super bowl has a way of defining careers and cities and you look at the championships that have been here recently with the giants, obviously with
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the 49ers back in the mix and the history of 49ers we've had a history. the idea that it's here in san francisco makes sense. it's one of the greatest destination cities in america. now that's been taken care of and i appreciate those efforts. super bowls have a way of building a lot of bridges. this is a bridge building effort and i appreciate to be associated with that kind of inclusivity to allow people with any strained relationships over the year, that they can be amended and super bowl is a place to do that. if you think about where the super bowl has been in the past and compare it to san francisco, san francisco lacks nothing. really the entire bay
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area to host a tremendous event. i think it obviously makes sense to everybody here but nationwide, people think about the bay area and of course it makes sense. i look forward to that game and hopefully winning that bid next month. thanks a lot. [ applause ] . >> steve, george. thank you very much for coming on board. supervisor ferrel, thank you for all your efforts on the supervisor side. mayor lee, jed, thank you all. we'll take, you guys can grab us afford. we -- may 7, bid is due, may 27 we present in boston to the owners and with this team behind us, we are getting it done. thank you. have a great day.
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>> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and
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data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical
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infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is represent in a geo graphic space with be stored for retrieval and analysis. >> the department of public works they maintain what goes on in the right-of-way, looking to dig up the streets to put in a pipe. with the permit. with mapping you click on the map, click on the street and up will come up the nchgz that will help them make a decision. currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of
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san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the newest hospital or police or fire station. >> we are positive about gis not only people access it in the office but from home because we use the internet.
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what we used to do was carry the large maps and it took a long time to find the information. >> it saves the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is what i want. >> they are finding the same things happening on the phone where people call in and ask, how do i find this information? we say, go to this website and they go and get the information easily. >> a picture tells a thousand stories. some say a map
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supervisor avalos, breed present. supervisor chiu? chiu present. supervisor cohen? cohen present. supervisor farrell? farrell present. supervisor kim? kim present. supervisor mar? mar present. supervisor tang? tang present. supervisor wiener? wiener present. supervisor yee? yee present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, before we do the pledge of allegiance, i'd like to ask that we take a moment to recognize the victims
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of yesterday's boston marathon tragedy. [moment of silence] >> thank you very much. and ladies and gentlemen, could you please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> colleagues, we have our march 12, 2013 board meeting minutes. could i have a motion to approve those minutes? motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor breed. without objection, those meeting minutes are adopted.
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[gavel] >> madam clerk, do we have any communications? >> there are no communications, mr. president. >> and if you could read our consent agenda. >> items 1 through 14 are considered routine. if a member objects, an item may be removed and considered separately. >> colleagues, i'd like to sever out item number 7. are there any other items that folks would like to consider separately? seeing none, if we could take a roll call vote on items 1 through 7 -- i'm sorry, on items 1 through 14 without item 7. >> supervisor avalos? avalos aye. supervisor breed? breed aye. supervisor campos? campos aye. supervisor chiu? chiu aye. supervisor cohen? cohen aye. supervisor farrell? farrell aye. supervisor kim? kim aye. supervisor mar? mar aye. supervisor tang? tang aye. supervisor wiener? wiener aye. supervisor yee? yee aye. there are 11 ayes. >> those items are finally pass
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and had motions adopted and approved. madam clerk, can you please call item 7? >> item 7 is a grant for subsurface easement to the chinese hospital association required for the hospital replacement project and adopting findings. >> president chiu. >> thank you. i was alerted by the city attorney's office. i've circulated some technical amendments to the c-e-q-a findings. these are obviously technical in nature. ask that we adopt those amendments and then pass this measure. >> so, we have a motion to amend. can we have a second? seconded by supervisor mar. colleagues, can we take the motion to amend without objection? without objection, and on that item as amended, did we take that same house same call? same house same call, the item passes. [gavel] >> next item, madam clerk. >> item 15 is type 42 beer and wine license doing business as the eagle club indoor golf at
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555 howard street will serve the public convenience. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection, this resolution is adopted. next item. >> item 16 is a resolution approving the acquisition of 30 [speaker not understood] easements from various property owners in san mateo county, required for the san francisco international airport's noise installation program. >> same house same call? this resolution is adoptedful [gavel] >> item 17. >> ordinance required by the public works code occupancy within certain designated streets in the city saturday may 11, and may 8, 2013 as part of the sidewalk sale. >> colleagues, same house same call? this ordinance is passed on the first read. item 18. >> item 18 is a resolution approving the issuance of tax exempt obligation by the california enterprise development authority in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 9 million to finance and refinance various capital facilities owned by the progress foundation.
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>> same house same call? this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> item 19. >> item 19 is an ordinance [speaker not understood] general fund reserve of approximately 4.3 million to support shortfalls in the sheriff's department for fiscal year 2012 through 13. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues, this is a supplemental that came before our budget and finance committee last week from our sheriff's department. it's the third supplemental we've seen this budget season. the first of the public defenders which is going to be coming back for another hearing soon and second obviously the department of public health supplemental. the reason for the supplemental were twofold. one, unknown workers' compensation costs due to a few big claims that were not predicted last year as well as overtime costs due largely to the fact they were unable to fill vacant positions and have been struggling to do so although seem to be on the mend in that regard. we adopted recommendations from our budget analyst reducing the cost of the general fund by $181,000 so we're looking at
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about 3.2 million from our general fund reserve. met with chair mirkarimi to address the issues the department is facing moving forward. i think the focus here is on budget for next year. and we'll serum work with them with our committee members to solve it going forward. ~ certainly >> colleagues, any discussion? can we take this same house same call? without objection this item is passed on first read. madam clerk can you please call item 10 -- item 20. >> item 20 is a resolution adopting the 10 year capital expenditure plan for 2013 through 14 through fiscal 222 through 2023 pursuant to section code 320. >> president chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair. ~ first of all i want to take a moment and thank the members of the budget committee for their consideration and support of this capital plan. and i also want to take a moment and thank all the members of the capital planning committee as well as the capital planning staff as well as staff around the city that are planning over the next ten
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years the work that we need to do to address critical capital needs in every department in every neighborhood in the city. over the past five years, voters have approved $1.9 billion of ga bonds for hospitals, parks, police and firefighters and streets which has been equivalent to the previous 22 years of geo bonds combined and we've been doing it in a way that has been responsible and has not involved the increasing of taxes. and just want to thank everyone who has been involved in this and, colleagues, ask for your consideration. also want to recognize a change that supervisor wiener had made in the budget committee to reflect that once the 2030 transportation task force that has been ongoing over the next couple of months, once their work has been done, we do have an opportunity to come back and look at some of the aspects of the capital plan to make sure that we are fully funding our transit and want to thank supervisor wiener for that good
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suggestion and let folks know that is something i think we all support. >> supervisor wiener. >> thank you. and i want to thank the capital planning committee for all of its work in formulating this plan. the advent of our capital planning process and the periodically updated ten-year capital plan is one of the very best things that's happened in san francisco recently in terms of our prudent management of our capital assets and planning to invest in them and keep them up and deal with the incredible backlog that we have generated by neglecting our capital assets in recent decades. i'll be supporting the plans that i have supported in committee, but i do have a serious concern about it, which is reflective of i think a
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general attitude that we have in city hall, which is lack of significant and not support for our public transportation system. we have neglected the system for a long time. it is deteriorated and muni is not meeting the needs of our population. we anticipate population growth in san francisco and we're expecting our already inadequate transit system to meet the needs of even more people when the system can't even meet current needs. if you look at the capital plan, the investment in our public transportation system is woefully inadequate. in the plan it estimates that unmet capital need currently for muni are more than $2 billion. that amount will only grow over
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time over the next ten yearses as the system ages beyond its current age, and yet we have the plan contemplates a small fraction of that amount in terms of what we will actually spend on muni's capital needs. i am happy that there is at least some money for public transportation in the plan, which has not been the case in the past in terms of a possible general obligation bonds. and also a vehicle license fee which, who knows if that will actually go for public transportation. hopefully it will. but this is just a small amount of what we actually need. we talk a lot about how when we do a budget, a budget is a reflection of our values and of our priorities. i think the same is true of a ten-year capital plan. it is truly a reflection of our values and our priorities and
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this plan unfortunately reflects i think a broader lack of support in the body politic in san francisco for ensuring that we have a world class public transportation system. we call ourselves a transit first city. we need to put our money where our mouth is. we haven't done that in a while. we need to start doing t. i think that this is a small step in the right direction, but it is not nearly enough, and i hope this is just the beginning. ~ with all that said, the capital planning committee i think has done a tremendous job in moving the plan forward and i will be supporting it. >> colleagues, can we take this same house same call? same house same call, this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> madam clerk, can you please call item 21? >> item 21 is a resolution adopting the city's five-year communication and technology plan for fiscal year 2013-2014 through fiscal year 2017-18 pursuant to administrative code section 22a.6. >> president chiu. >> thank you, mr. chair.
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again, i want to thank the members of the budget committee for the consideration and support of the five-year information and communication technology plan which i had several years ago in legislation asked that our city's i-t staff put together so that we can have a framework about how we plan invest in technology. and i do support the plan as it's laid out. one thing i would just notice, though, for colleagues is that over the next five years we have about $200 million of capital needs that we have within our ict areas and i think it's important for us to think about that, to think about how we can make government more efficient and effective through the use of technology, and to do this in a way that really increases public access and transparency. but all that being said, colleagues, i hope that you will be able to support this plan and i want to haltake a moment to thank the members of coyt and i-t staffers that worked into putting this together.